Since you have been here for many years how was the frev community ~10 years ago? Different than today? We're there more or less people?
There were waaaaaaay less people. Like, fanart? Not appearing in this picture. Like, I remember even making a post when I was a youngster, that pretty much was like “it makes me sad that none of my Robespierre posts will ever get over 65 notes, and if they do, it will inevitably lead to an argument because he’s controversial.”
These days? … very different numbers.
And also the discussions were less academic. It pretty much constant, and I mean constant, and incredibly annoying (I say this as one of the people who was very much doing this annoying thing) “Robespierre not dictator.”
Like. That was the sum total of the discourse.
Sometimes there was a kerfuffle like “oh no, I like Camille Desmoulins, and so that means I need to hate Saint just, and that means i must have a fist fight in the parking lot with anyone who likes Saint just.”
These days, I see a lot more nuanced discussions and debates! It makes me sad that I’m a grown woman now with a job and a mortgage and a career and so I don’t have the time to invest in the More Nuanced discussions.